Close-mid back rounded vowel

Close-mid back rounded vowel
o
IPA number 307
Encoding
Entity (decimal) o
Unicode (hex) U+006F
X-SAMPA o
Kirshenbaum o
Braille ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135)
Sound
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The close-mid back rounded vowel, or high-mid back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is o.

The IPA prefers terms "close" and "open" for vowels, and the name of the article follows this. However, a large number of linguists, perhaps a majority, prefer the terms "high" and "low".

Close-mid back protruded vowel

The close-mid back protruded vowel is the most common variant of the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is typically transcribed in IPA simply as o, and that is the convention used in this article. As there is no dedicated diacritic for protrusion in the IPA, symbol for the close-mid back rounded vowel with an old diacritic for labialization,   ̫, can be used as an ad hoc symbol for the close-mid back protruded vowel. Another possible transcription is or ɤʷ (a close-mid back vowel modified by endolabialization), but this could be misread as a diphthong.

Features

IPA vowel chart
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
Close
i  y
ɨ  ʉ
ɯ  u
ɪ  ʏ
ɪ̈  ʊ̈
ɯ̽  ʊ
e  ø
ɘ  ɵ
ɤ  o
  ø̞
ə  ɵ̞
ɤ̞  
ɛ  œ
ɜ  ɞ
ʌ  ɔ
æ  
ɐ  ɞ̞
a  ɶ
ä  ɒ̈
ɑ  ɒ
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Paired vowels are: unrounded  rounded
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Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Afrikaans Standard[1] Botha [ˈböˑtɐ] 'Botha' Near-back. Allophone of /oə/ in less stressed words, in stressed syllables of polysyllabic words and in word-finally when unstressed. In the second case, it is in free variation with the diphthongal realization [öə̯ ~ ö̯ə ~ öə].[1] See Afrikaans phonology
Arabic Egyptian بؤ [boʔ] 'mouth' See Egyptian Arabic phonology
Assamese ল'ৰা [loɹa] 'boy'
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic hoga [hoːga] 'steam'
Bavarian Amstetten dialect[2]
Bengali জন [od͡ʒon] 'weight' See Bengali phonology
Bulgarian[3] уста [os̪ˈt̪a] 'mouth' Unstressed allophone of /u/ and /ɔ/.[3] See Bulgarian phonology
Catalan[4] sóc [sok] 'I am' See Catalan phonology
Chinese Cantonese /gou1 [kou] 'tall' See Cantonese phonology
Shanghainese[5] [ko¹] 'melon' Height varies between close and close-mid; contrasts with a close to close-mid back compressed vowel.[5]
Wu [ho] 'flower'
Czech Bohemian[6] oko [ˈoko] 'eye' Backness varies between back and near-back; may be realized as mid [] instead.[6] See Czech phonology
Danish Standard[7][8] kone [ˈkʰoːnə] 'wife' Also described as near-close [o̝ː].[9][10] See Danish phonology
Dutch Standard Belgian[11] kool  [koːɫ]  'cabbage' In the Netherlands often diphthongized to [oʊ]. See Dutch phonology
Northeastern
Leuven maken [ˈmoːkə] 'make' Corresponds to /aː/ in standard Dutch.
English Australian[12] yawn [joːn] 'yawn' See Australian English phonology
Cockney[13] May be [oʊ] or [ɔo] instead.
New Zealand[14]
South African[15] General and Broad varieties. Cultivated SAE has a more open vowel.
General Indian[16] go [ɡoː] 'go'
General Pakistani[17] Varies between [oː~əʊ~ʊ].
Multicultural London[18]
Scottish[19]
Singaporean[20]
Faroese tosa [ˈtoːsa] 'speak' See Faroese phonology
French[21] réseau  [ʁeˈzo]  'net' See French phonology
German Standard[22][23] oder  [ˈʔoːdɐ]  'or' See Standard German phonology
Hindustani दो/دو  [d̪oː]  'two' See Hindustani phonology
Hungarian kór [koːr] 'disease' See Hungarian phonology
Italian[24] foro [ˈfoːro] 'hole' See Italian phonology
Kaingang[25] [pɪˈpo] 'toad'
Korean 보수/bosu [ˈpoːsu] 'salary' See Korean phonology
Limburgish Most dialects[26][27][28] hoof [ɦoːf] 'garden' The example word is from the Maastrichtian dialect.
Rural Weerts[29] koke [ˈkoːkə] 'to cook' Corresponds to /uə/ in the city dialect. The vowel transcribed /oː/ in the city dialect is actually a centering diphthong /oə/.[30]
Luxembourgish[31][32] Sonn [zon] 'sun' Sometimes realized as open-mid [ɔ].[32] See Luxembourgish phonology
Marathi गोड [ɡoɖ] 'sweet' See Marathi phonology
Norwegian Stavangersk[33] lov [lo̟ːʋ] 'law' Somewhat fronted.[33] See Norwegian phonology
Polish jojo [ˈjojɔ] 'yo-yo' Allophone of /ɔ/ between palatal or palatalized consonants. See Polish phonology
Portuguese[34] dois [d̪ojʃ] 'two' See Portuguese phonology
Punjabi ਹੋਰ  [ɦoːɾ]  'more'
Shiwiar[35] Allophone of /a/.[35]
Silesian Ślůnsk [ˈɕlonsk] 'Silesia'
Slovak Some speakers[36] telefón [ˈt̻e̞le̞foːn] 'telephone' Realization of /oː/ reported to occur in dialects spoken near the river Ipeľ, as well as - under Hungarian influence - in some other speakers. Corresponds to mid [o̞ː] in standard Slovak.[36] See Slovak phonology
Sorbian Lower[37] wocy [ˈβ̞ot̪͡s̪ɪ] '(two) eyes' Diphthongized to [u̯ɔ] in slow speech.[37][38] See Upper Sorbian phonology
Upper[37][39] Bóh [box] 'god'
Swedish åka  [ˈoːka]  'travel' See Swedish phonology
Ukrainian мотузка [moˈtuzkɑ] 'rope' Unstressed allophone of /ɔ/ before stressed syllables with /u/. See Ukrainian phonology
Uzbekzbek[ozˈbek]'Uzbek'
Vietnamese tô [toː] 'bowl' See Vietnamese phonology
West Frisian[40] bok [bok] 'billy-goat' See West Frisian phonology
Yoruba[41]

Close-mid back compressed vowel

Close-mid back compressed vowel
ɤᵝ

There is no dedicated diacritic for compression in the IPA. However, the compression of the lips can be shown with the letter β̞ as ɤ͡β̞ (simultaneous [ɤ] and labial compression) or ɤᵝ ([ɤ] modified with labial compression). The spread-lip diacritic   ͍ may also be used with a rounded vowel letter as an ad hoc symbol, but 'spread' technically means unrounded.

Only the Shanghainese dialect is known to contrast this with the more typical protruded (endolabial) close-mid back vowel, but the height of both vowels varies from close to close-mid.[5]

Features

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Chinese Shanghainese[5] [tɤᵝ¹] 'capital' Height varies between close and close-mid; contrasts with a close to close-mid back protruded vowel.[5]

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